John Maine rightfully has earned the 5th spot in the Mets rotation at this time.
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Ken Rosenthal reports on FoxSports.com that the Mets have traded relievers Heath Bell and Royce Ring to the Padres for outfielder Ben Johnson and pitcher Jon Adkins
Johnson hit .250 with 4 HR and 12 RBI in 120 at-bats for the
Padres in 2006 and he's a right handed bat, which the Mets sorely need.
Johnson was named the Padres Minor League Player of the Year in 2005
after batting .312 (129-414) with 79 runs scored, 27 doubles, 25 home
runs and 83 RBI in 107 games with Portland. He hit .341 (15-44) away from PETCO Park last season.
Omar Minaya had the following to say about the players he acquired
“Ben Johnson is a versatile outfielder who can play all three spots,
has speed and shown some power. He is just 25-years-old and we feel he
has yet to reach his potential,” said Mets General Manager Omar Minaya.
“Jon Adkins has had success on the major league level and can pitch
multiple innings. He’s another quality arm to add to our bullpen staff.”
has speed and shown some power. He is just 25-years-old and we feel he
has yet to reach his potential,” said Mets General Manager Omar Minaya.
“Jon Adkins has had success on the major league level and can pitch
multiple innings. He’s another quality arm to add to our bullpen staff.”
Adkins was 2–1 with a 3.98 ERA in 55 relief-appearances.
Check out Its Outta Here for a profile on Ben Johnson.
The Pod fans on the ESPN message boards do not seem happy about this deal.
Bell and Ring had their chance to shine here and their performance was more often than not, disappointing. Omar gets back an outfielder who according to Baseball America is an exceptional athlete and another arm to add to his pen to replace Ring and Bell. Omar has a pretty good track record on these seemingly minor deals that seem to pay significant dividends down the line. It will be interesting to see how this one pans out as well.
This could also be a precursor to a deal to shop Lastings Milledge in a trade, as Johnson seems to have a pretty impressive pedigree in the minor leagues himself.
Paul LoDuca on his WFAN spot, when asked about Delgado's
struggles, said that his hand is bothering him but won't say
anything about it.
“Carlos
is struggling a little bit, I think he's having a little issue with his
elbow or hand but he won't tell anybody about it. He's a streaky hitter
anyway and hopefully he'll get hot. He hasnt gotten into a groove. He's been
hitting into some tough luck.”
is struggling a little bit, I think he's having a little issue with his
elbow or hand but he won't tell anybody about it. He's a streaky hitter
anyway and hopefully he'll get hot. He hasnt gotten into a groove. He's been
hitting into some tough luck.”
In a Journal News report yesterday, they chronicled Delgado's bumps and bruises.
The pain began in early March when tendinitis in his left elbow limited him for much of the month. On June 30, Delgado strained his right rib-cage muscle
and missed three games, and a week later, he was hit on the left hand
by a pitch.
and missed three games, and a week later, he was hit on the left hand
by a pitch.
Regarding the stuff in the papers about him, Paul said
“the Mets have already spoke for me and thats all you need to know and thats that.”
“I want to talk baseball. the teams having a great year and im having fun here, I want to thank the fans in Nnew York and it means a lot to me.”
On the gambling allegations. He said its strictly on horses. Sometimes its guilt by association when it comes to this stuff. He said there are no loansharks looking for him, he chuckled and then continued saying there are no people looking for him off the field.
When asked if someone is out to get him, he said you never know. Its too hard to comment, to wonder what if.
“Im just gonna go on. I spent 9 years in the minors…This is the most fun ive ever had. My teammates have been awesome, awesome for me. They've really stuck by me.”
On his focus and excellent play despite all the attention in the papers. He gave credit to Rick Down, the Mets hitting coach. He worked with him in LA. everyday working in the cage. He's trying to stay in on the ball, go the other way with it. He said he's lucky to be in this lineup. He's getting good pitches to hit.
On the past two games, we just got beat up the past two days, hopefully we can come back tonight.
On Pedro's start he said it was just one of those innings. He went out to talk to Pedro. When he threw that first fastball 88 mph he knew something wasnt right. We booted a couple of balls. We needed to be mentally stronger. He said its a tough ballpark. If you walk guys its gonna turn into 6-7 innings. Hopefully (Pedro's injury) is nothing serious. He thought during the game, we have a 15-14 game lead, we dont need him right now. I wanted him to get off that mound.
On last nights game, it was one of those nights, El Duque struggled with his breaking ball, it hung in. He said they're running into a hot team right now hitting wise. He said the Mets are gonna have our work cut out for us the next couple of days. He said they really didnt play good in Washington and they need to pick it up. “We're in a lull right now.”
On Milledge he said he's gonna be fine. He said this park is weird, you dont know if its shallow or deep. Beningo made a remark saying it wouldnt hurt to have Milledge catch a ball and Lo Duca said
“You can't have me ripping on my players man!!!”
Paul said Lastings has been a little bit tentative, he has a reputation to be a good fielder. He's the youngest playing in the National League.
On the Phillies, he we want to win at least one of these game.
“You dont want to give anybody any kind of hope. We still got a long way to go. We need to keep going, keep plugging along. Hopefully we can come out today and Tommy can give us a solid outing and we can score some runs for him.”
Asked if any chemistry letdown has resulted losing Nady…
“No i dont think so. Bert is a great guy. You miss guys like Xavier Nady, he's a great person, great guy to have in the clubhouse. We just havent really played that well. X was a big part of our team, but Bert is a great addition. We still have a great chemistry in our locker room. Hopefully we arent getting complacent. these games might have given us a kick in the butt we needed.”
On the bullpen…
“Heilman's pitches have been live. He's got his fastball command back. Bradford has been doing well. Bullpen has been picking up the slack. Ring has been solid.”
On Ramon Castro…
“I tried to call Ramon yesterday, he said he's 75%, I think he's pretty close. We miss him too, he's a funny guy. We miss him in the clubhouse. We miss Ramon.”
Mets Blog is reporting, by way of Adam Rubin's Daily News blog, that the Mets have demoted Mike Pelfrey to the minor-leagues.
The Mets have promoted LHP Royce Ring to the Mets from Norfolk…
Farm Report : Three Met Pitchers Named Pitcher Of The Week
Posted by Anthony De RosaAugust 2, 2006 at 5:09 pm
2 Aug
Here's a rundown of yesterday's minor league action. This comes from the magnificent Toby's Mets Minor League Report…
Three
different Mets pitchers were honored with pitcher of the week honors:
Deolis Guerra and
Portillo.
In other news, the Binghamton Mets have won 12 straight.
AAA
Royce Ring gave up a walk off home run in the 10th inning.
Jose Offerman’s RBI single with two
outs in the game tied it up and sent the game to extras.
Jose Offerman’s RBI single with two
outs in the game tied it up and sent the game to extras.
Jose Lima started and allowed just
three runs in his eight innings of work on eight hits. He only struck out one.
A+
Brian Bannister tossed seven shutout
innings with eight strikeouts. He
allowed just four hits.
innings with eight strikeouts. He
allowed just four hits.
Carlos Muniz picked up the two inning
save.
A-
Fernando Martinez doubled in a 2-4
evening at the top of the order.
evening at the top of the order.
Jesus
Gamero continued his tear with a triple in a 2-4 night. In the Suns eight game homestand, Gamero, a
22-year-old Venezulan was 14-28, with 2 2B, 3B, HR and 14 RBI.
NY Penn League (Brooklyn)
Jon Schemmel was 3-6 with 3 singles.
Dustin Martin was 3-4 with a
double, triple, RBI and a walk.
Joe Holden’s only hit was a two run HR
in the fourth inning.
Rookie Appalacian League
Alejandro Zuaznabar was a perfect 3-3
with a double. Ivan Maldondo’s 2 run HR
with a double. Ivan Maldondo’s 2 run HR
Rookie Gulf Coast League
John Holdzkom blew the save by allowing
an unearned run, but picked up his first professional win when the Mets scored
in the top of the ninth on a Ben Saylor double.
Ben Saylor hit 3-4 with a
double and all 3 RBI.
an unearned run, but picked up his first professional win when the Mets scored
in the top of the ninth on a Ben Saylor double.
Ben Saylor hit 3-4 with a
double and all 3 RBI.
Here's some highlights of last nights minor league action courtesy of Toby's Minor League Report…
AAA
- Royce Ring blew his second save of the season.
- Chris Basak,
who took over for Keppinger was 2-2, with a solo HR.
AA
- Carlos Gomez doubled twice and has now
hit safely in 12 straight games to improve his season line to
.261/.325/.390. Over his streak he’s
raised his batting average from .225 to .261 and has doubled six times. - Michel
Abreu was 3-3 with a double and a pair of walks
A+
- Philip Humber, as we reported yesterday by way of Metsblog, dealt five shutout innings while allowing four hits
and striking out nine without issuing a walk.Kevin Goldstein from Baseball America had this to say about Humber before the start…
Righthander Philip
Humber has returned from Tommy John surgery and earned some rave
reviews. “He has two big power pitches with the fastball, which is 90-94
mph, and that curve which is just a hammer and a real out pitch,” said one
National League scout about the third overall pick in the 2004 draft. “He
also has a power changeup–and I love those–it's not a touch/feel pitch; its
velocity is in the 80s so it gets there with some speed and just bottoms
out.” Having just returned after missing nearly a year,
still struggles with his location, but the scout didn't see it as a long-term
concern. “It's really going to depend on command and control with
him,” the scout added. “It has to improve, but that's always an issue
for guys coming back from TJs–there's no reason it shouldn’t improve.” - Jesus Flores led St. Lucie’s offense
with a 2-3 that included a solo HR in the first inning.
Metsblog reports that Baseball America's Matt Meyers profiles Mets LHP Jon Neise
Neise 9-6 with 3.51 ERA sporting 106 strikeouts and 50 walks in 97 innings for Class-A Hagerstown…
Meyers also mentions OF Fernando Martinez, RHP Deolis Guerra and RHP Philip Humber
Adam Rubin reports on his blog, Surfing The Mets, that Mike Devaney has made the most of his opportunity to step into Mike Pelfrey's spot in Binghamton since being promoted.
Ten days ago in his Double-A debut, Devaney tossed a seven-inning
complete game, limiting Bowie to two hits in a 3-0 B-Mets win. The
effort was actually Devaney’s third complete game this season, tied for
the most in minor-league baseball entering the weekend.
complete game, limiting Bowie to two hits in a 3-0 B-Mets win. The
effort was actually Devaney’s third complete game this season, tied for
the most in minor-league baseball entering the weekend.
With that victory, the Camas, Wash., native – who turns 24 on July
31 – improved to 24-7 record since signing with the Mets as a
23rd-round pick from Concordia University in Portland, Ore., in 2004.
He enjoyed a 32-inning scoreless streak this season at high-A St.
Lucie, was named a Florida State League All-Star, and led his team to
its first-half division title by posting an 8-3 record and a 1.62 ERA
before his promotion. The 6-4 righthander’s biggest win this season
came on the second-to-last day of the first half on June 20, when he
took a no-hitter one out into the eighth inning in a 2-0 win against Brevard County.
Here are some more highlights from Rubin…
- Royce Ring’s
scoreless-innings streak ended at a Norfolk-record 26 2/3 innings July
8 against Ottawa. Ring, the Tides’ lone Triple-A All-Star
representative, pitched a scoreless inning Wednesday at the event. - Philip Humber’s comeback from Tommy John elbow surgery continues. The third overall pick in the 2004 draft, one slot behind Detroit’s Justin Verlander,
limited Brevard County to two unearned runs and three hits in six
innings. Humber has a 3.86 ERA and .208 opponent batting average in
four starts with St. Lucie - Alay Soler hasn’t done much since his July 3 demotion to
Norfolk. The Cuban defector, who complained that right calf discomfort
affected his last big-league start against the Yankees, had been
walking around in a boot with the Tides and could be headed to the
disabled list - Lastings Milledge has twice been denied first base by plate umpires after getting hit by pitches on his elbow guard since returning to the minors.
- Michael Tucker entered yesterday hitting .333 (19-for-57) in his last 19 games.
- Edgardo Alfonzo joins the Tides tomorrow.
Some highlights from yesterday's minor league action from Toby's Minor League Report…
of home runs.
lead off the ninth, Ambi Concepcion singled him home to tied the game and then
Kevin Rios doubled in
for the game winner. Matt Lindstrom (2-2) picked up the win for streaking
innings while Ivan Naccarata slugged three hits, including a home, to lead St.
Lucie to an easy win Saturday night.
Mike Pelfrey held New
Hampshire to one run on two hits while striking out 11 and walking
three in seven innings in a 6-4 B-Mets win.
Adam Rubin reports that observers of recent performances say Pelfrey still needs to work on his
breaking pitch, which is in-between a slider and curveball. Pelfrey
said he’s trying to improve the plane on the pitch, getting it to act
more like a true curveball. “I feel like I’m getting better every time
I go out there,” Pelfrey said
Toby reports that Philip
Humber worked four innings yesterday, allowing solo HR to the first two batters he faced,
and nothing after that. He struck out
two and didn’t walk a batter while working around 3 Mets errors in his four
IP.
Toby also reports that with the
Tides down 3-2, Lastings Milledge
came to the plate with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning. Playing his first game in
cleared the bases, driving home three with a go-ahead double. He finished 2-4 and was the only Tide hitter
with multiple hits.
Royce Ring picked up the save, his
seventh for his one scoreless inning of relif.
Ring has thrown 24 scoreless innings over his last 21 outings and the
Tides website points out that the Norfolk scoreless innings record is 24.1 set
by Ober Moreno in 2003.
Be sure to keep a close watch on Toby's blog for all Minor League Mets action, he does a fantastic job of recapping the events on all levels of the Mets minors on a daily basis.
Adam Rubin reports that Royce Ring is en fuego in Triple-A Tidewater. Ring extended a scoreless streak to 21 innings last night with Triple-A Norfolk.
He’s seriously threatening the Norfolk record for scoreless innings, set by Orber Moreno three years ago at 24 straight.
Having taken over the closing role since Heath Bell – the
lone bullpen call-up this season – departed Norfolk, Ring has a 2-0
record, 1.54 ERA and five saves. He hasn’t allowed a run since April
17. Opponents are hitting only .202 against him – lefties .135 and
righties .255.
“I’m getting righthanders out too, which is nice to show,” Ring said.
Ring worked so hard to correct his drop-down mechanics during extra
bullpen work, and spent so much time in the gym early this season, he
was out for two weeks beginning in late April with a strained shoulder.
Ring has not had the opportunity to join the big league club because the Mets bullpen has been so solid there hasn't been any need to request support from the minor league system.
…a nucleus of Billy Wagner, Duaner Sanchez, Aaron Heilman and Chad Bradford, plus positive contributions from Darren Oliver and Pedro Feliciano, has meant similar performances with the Tides have gone unrewarded in 2006.
As for getting stuck with the Tides because of the major-league
bullpen’s success, Ring said: “It’s too bad for me, but that’s the
game. I’m happy for them.”
bullpen’s success, Ring said: “It’s too bad for me, but that’s the
game. I’m happy for them.”
Ring, bypassed for a promotion in September last year, hopes he’ll
earn one this time around. That is, if he’s not summoned sooner.
“That would be nice,” he said.
Philip Humber allowed four runs in four innings for the Gulf
Coast League Mets on Thursday in his first rehab start from Tommy John surgery.
Here are some more highlights from Rubin's blog…
Willie Collazo was named Eastern League pitcher of the week.
He shut out New Britain, then limited Trenton to two runs in seven
innings in a no-decision five days later. After earning the award,
Collazo had a rough start Friday. He became the first B-Met pitcher in
10 games to fail to last five innings – allowing a season-high eight
runs while falling one out shy of that mark
Fernando Martinez, the 17-year-old outfielder who received a
$1.4 million signing bonus last summer, returned from a wrist injury
that sidelined him for a month in early June. But Martinez – a South
Atlantic League All-Star selection, who is hitting .321 at low-A
Hagerstown – played only three games before suffering a knee injury
that has sidelined since June 10
Florida State League All-Star Ambiorix Concepcion, who was tied for the league lead in doubles with 21, was promoted from St. Lucie to Binghamton. Catcher Yunir Garcia was demoted to make room
The only thing cooling off Jeff Keppinger is the birth of his son, which caused him to leave the Tides to be with wife Morgan.
Since June 7, Keppinger has gone 20-for-49 (.408) in 13 games. That
stretch has included seven multi-hit games, and five starts in left
field.
Henry Owens is 1–1 with a 0.83 ERA, sporting seven walks and 41 strike outs in
21.1 innings pitched since returning from an elbow injury.
For a rundown of last nights minor league action, check out Toby's Minor League Report.
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